Chemical bonding
Chlorine is a pure substance, an element. Sodium is a pure substance, an element. Therefore there can be no Sodium IN Chlorine. The two elements can react together in equal proportions to form a new substance, a compound called Table Salt.
An example of two elements found together in a substance is sodium and chlorine in table salt (sodium chloride). Sodium gives up an electron to chlorine, forming an ionic bond, creating a stable compound.
Sodium and chlorine
Sodium and chlorine mixed together forms sodium chloride, which is table salt. Sodium gives up an electron to chlorine, forming an ionic bond between the two elements.
Sodium chloride is a compound because it is made up of two different elements, sodium and chlorine, chemically bonded together in a fixed ratio. Each sodium atom is bonded to one chlorine atom to form the compound sodium chloride, which is commonly known as table salt.
Sodium chloride is it an entirely different substance with its own unique properties.
You'd get sodium chloride ("salt").
i assume you are saying NaCl. It is a compound since it has two elements in it namely sodium and chlorine. An element however is an uncombined substance like only sodium
Sodium (Na) reacts with chlorine to form sodium chloride (NaCl), which is an ionic substance
When sodium and chlorine are combined, they form sodium chloride, which is commonly known as table salt. This compound is formed by the transfer of one electron from sodium to chlorine, resulting in the formation of a stable ionic bond.
It is NaCl, Na is sodium and Cl is chlorine, the substance is sodium chloride.
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